Broom and mop holder



TED 'l TE ,t saoez rric.

FRANK J. RAUCHUT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BROOM AND NO]? HOLDER.

Application filed June 28, 1923. Serial No. 647,827.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. RAUGHUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadel hia, in the county of Philadelphia an State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broom and MopHolders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a broom and mop holder.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practicaland efiicient room and mopoholdendesigned for household use and adaptedto be cheaply manufactured and ca able of enabling the handles of mopsan brooms and the like to be readily engaged with it and disengaged fromit so that the mop or broom may be easily and quickly placed in the rackwhen not in use and readily removed therefrom for use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawing and pointed outin the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changesin the form, proportion and minor details of construction, within thescope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention. 7

In the drawing, in which like characters of reference designatecorresponding parts in the several views Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a broom and mop holder constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectiona view of the same,illustrating the manner of supporting a broom and a mo In theaccompanying drawing, in whic is illustrated the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, the combined broom and mop holder comprises in itsconstruction a vertical backboard 1, vertical end blocks 2, a centraltrian or block 3 and a front board 4. The back card is of oblong shapeand the end blocks 2, which are suitably secured to the front face ofthe backboard project forward theiefrom and form end abutments forrollers 5 and for handles (land 7 of a broom and a mop or the like. Theend blocks have their upper and lower ends and their outer side faces inflush relation with the edgesof the backboard and the triangular block3, which is arranged centrally of the backboard and suitably secured tothe same, is of a thickness .less than the thickness of the end blocksin order that the front board 4 may be arranged against the centraltriangular block in substantially flush relation with the front faces ofthe end blocks and with its upper and lower edges in the planes of theupper and lower edges of the backboard. The front board 4 is rectangularand its lower edge.

is coincident with the base of the triangular 'block, while its uppercorners project from the sides of the triangular block. The upper edgeof the front board is arranged in the same plane as the apex of thecentral triangular block and the upper edge of the backboard. The sideedges of the central front board are arranged in spaced relation withthe inner side faces of the end blocks to provide openings or spaces topermit the handles 6 and 7 to be readily introduced into and removedfrom the device. The clamping rollers 5, which are horizontal, are of adiameter greater than the distance between the base of the triangularblock 3 and the lower ends of the end blocks 2, in order that thecentral front board will retain the loose clamping rollers in the spacebetween the central and end blocks.

The handles 6 and 7 fit against the inner vertical faces of the endblocks and the clamping rollers, which engage the handles, roll on theinclined sides of the triangular block and. are adapted to securely holdthe handles in the device. A slight upward movement of either handlewill release the same and enable the broom or mop to be readily removedfrom the holder.

The holder is provided with suitable hangers 8, which are shown in theform of screw eyes for enabling the device to be readily hung a ainst awall, and the holder is also provide at the front and ends with centraland side supporting hooks 9 and 10, but the supporting hooks and thehangers may be of any desired construction, as may be readilyunderstood.

It will be seen that the broom and mop holder presents a neat andattractive appearance and that it is particularly adapted for householduse for serving as a rack for holding a broom and mop.

What is claimed is A combined broom and amp h m-- grising a verticalbackboard, vertical end locksjsecured to-thebackboard and projectingforwardly therefrom and 'presenting inner vertical abutment faces, acentral tri- 5 angular block 'secure'dto the backboard and 10 angularblock in substantially flush relation with the front faces of the endblocks and arranged in spacedrelation to the said end blocks to provideopen-ended, spaced passages between said vertical end blocks. 1a for thehandles of a broom and mop, said front board being substantiallycoincident with the base of the triangular block and projecting from theinclined sides thereof, and horizontal clamping rollers confined by the.central front board in the spaced passages between the triangular andend blocks and arranged to roll downwardly and convergingly withrelation to each other on the inclined sides of. the trian ular blockfor clamping the handles of a room and mo against the inner verticalfaces of the en blocks.

In testimony whereof I'have hereunto set no hand.

y FRANK J. RAUCHUT.

